*** August Testing Thread ***

[Sander]

@Sander oh thats right! Ughh I hate not knowing - makes it so much more stressful lol. Hopefully its the first signs of a little girly bean and not fake lines!

Yes I hope so! Extra hope for a pink one

 

[TTCaredhead]

My cycle has been wonky.. I’ve been waiting for AF .. was 3 days late .. butt finally!! CD 1 for me as of today. Now we can start trying again
Goodluck to you all that’s already testing I know the frustration

 

[Alligator]

Caved and did a FRER on maybe a 3.5 h hold and bfn. Feeling down about it since I got a positive with my daughter at this point but it is early. Photo just to stare at. Boobs sore still and I felt a bit nauseous earlier. And tired but I had to be up early today and worked in the office so it could be that.

 

[Sander]

Caved and did a FRER on maybe a 3.5 h hold and bfn. Feeling down about it since I got a positive with my daughter at this point but it is early. Photo just to stare at. Boobs sore still and I felt a bit nauseous earlier. And tired but I had to be up early today and worked in the office so it could be that.

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Fx for you Alligator - test again in the morning! My evening pee is the worst

 

[Nima]

Caved and did a FRER on maybe a 3.5 h hold and bfn. Feeling down about it since I got a positive with my daughter at this point but it is early. Photo just to stare at. Boobs sore still and I felt a bit nauseous earlier. And tired but I had to be up early today and worked in the office so it could be that.

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Same here, still early but discouraged by the bfns since I did get lines with my daughter at this point.

Good luck!

 

[Dream143r]

@Sander those look uber promising! Can't wait to see today's test(s)

AFM CD 22 and 5DPO
anyone else plan to start testing on Monday?

 

[Nima]

I have had a terrible nausea all day long, which practically never happened to me except while pregnant. But tests are negative and I know it's not probable to have nausea before hcg levels are detectable. But it's so hard not to put my hopes up...

 

[Bloblo]

Think I just felt ovulation pains today and having some fertile cm, which would mean that my cycle is returning to normal after my miscarriage. This should mean that af will arrive around 30 to 31st of August for me. I don't really feel ready to ttc this cycle, so will hold out for the next one. My doctor didn't mention anything about waiting to try again, but I also didn't ask.
Question to all of you with losses around the 9w mark: how long did you wait to try again? Is there any real reason (apart from emotional ones) to wait?

 

[Sander]

Hope this is it for you Nima!

Glad your cycle is going back to normal Bloblo, sorry I can’t give any advice. Hopefully someone else knows!

Afm, the tests I posted before were dark but they’ve been weird. Like those ones were dark, other tests that went in the same urine were blank. Then the tests dried relatively faint. Now my tests are still faint but like barely visible. I think I’m losing my mind peeing on stuff lol. I’m fairly sure I’m very early dpo wise, and it’s only been about 24 hours so not a lot of time for the tests to do anything. I think I just need to step away It’s just driving me crazy that I can’t tell if the lines are legitimate or just tricks of the light. I haven’t had this many faint lines before and not been pregnant, but I also find once I see a line it darkens fairly quickly (like I see a difference within 12 hours). Anyways, do you guys think I’m totally nutters

Here’s a pic - you see what I mean how it looks like it’s there but not for sure??

 

[Alligator]

Hope this is it for you Nima!

Glad your cycle is going back to normal Bloblo, sorry I can’t give any advice. Hopefully someone else knows!

Afm, the tests I posted before were dark but they’ve been weird. Like those ones were dark, other tests that went in the same urine were blank. Then the tests dried relatively faint. Now my tests are still faint but like barely visible. I think I’m losing my mind peeing on stuff lol. I’m fairly sure I’m very early dpo wise, and it’s only been about 24 hours so not a lot of time for the tests to do anything. I think I just need to step away It’s just driving me crazy that I can’t tell if the lines are legitimate or just tricks of the light. I haven’t had this many faint lines before and not been pregnant, but I also find once I see a line it darkens fairly quickly (like I see a difference within 12 hours). Anyways, do you guys think I’m totally nutters

Here’s a pic - you see what I mean how it looks like it’s there but not for sure??

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I do see what you’re saying!! Cheapies are so bad for progression early on I swear one will pick something up and the next one won’t!!

for me I am 11dpo and had bfn on cheapies all day. Didn’t want to burn a FRER but I might tonight. Boobs a bit less sore but still slightly. Feeling out for sure. Not sure what’s going on, this month we didn’t have a lot of BD so it’s down to that, I’m sure. But even months we do we aren’t successful!

 

[Sander]

I do see what you’re saying!! Cheapies are so bad for progression early on I swear one will pick something up and the next one won’t!!

for me I am 11dpo and had bfn on cheapies all day. Didn’t want to burn a FRER but I might tonight. Boobs a bit less sore but still slightly. Feeling out for sure. Not sure what’s going on, this month we didn’t have a lot of BD so it’s down to that, I’m sure. But even months we do we aren’t successful!

Yeah I’m actually wondering if they’re faulty tests because they seem to go positive while in the time limit and then they dry bfn which I’ve never seen before. Like for example this test from tonight - wet it’s a faint positive and dry it’s negative. Like what the heck??







You still have time, I have all my fingers crossed for you! Have you thought about seeing a specialist? It’s been over a year for you guys now right?

 

[Dream143r]

@Bloblo I had a MMC at 10weeks in May. My doc recommended waiting 1 cycle before trying again. No real medical reason other than its hard for the to calculate you new due date if you get pregnant the cycle immediately following a loss because it could be a wonky cycle and not super sure of when you ovulated. I didn't think that would really be a problem for me as I def know when I O every month LOL.

We decided to wait thr 1 cycle anyways just because I thought it def couldn't hurt just to give the body a cycle to regulate itself. My cycle following my MMC was 40something days. And now it's back to the normal 30ish days.

 

[Nima]

I am bleeding today, what a weird and short cycle.
I tested again this morning just for the hance it's implantation bleeding, but nothing. So moving on to September and wishing you all the best of luck!

 

[Flueky88]

Yeah I’m actually wondering if they’re faulty tests because they seem to go positive while in the time limit and then they dry bfn which I’ve never seen before. Like for example this test from tonight - wet it’s a faint positive and dry it’s negative. Like what the heck??

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You still have time, I have all my fingers crossed for you! Have you thought about seeing a specialist? It’s been over a year for you guys now right?

My ICs always dry darker while frer would get darker.

 

[Sander]

Sorry for AF Nima

Flueky not sure if you meant your IC’s dried lighter? Either way I’ve used this brand lots of times but I’ve never seen this - it’s so weird!

I think I’m giving up on this month lol. The cheapies continue to give me these squinter lines but they’re not getting darker at all so I think either the tests are faulty or the baby isn’t sticky. I would definitely expect to see progression after 48 hours even with cheapies. I’ll post my evening test from last night vs this mornings. I can’t tell you how many sticks I’ve peed on over the years and this has never happened so it’s been very strange! And I won’t even be able to join the September group because of my stupid long cycles Should be back in October though

Last night 8pm (4hr hold):



Today 9am (overnight hold):

 

[BabyBrain80]

@Sander sorry your tests aren't progressing, hopefully they do suddenly get darker, got my fingers crossed x

 

[Bevziibubble]

 

[Flueky88]

Sorry for AF Nima

Flueky not sure if you meant your IC’s dried lighter? Either way I’ve used this brand lots of times but I’ve never seen this - it’s so weird!

I think I’m giving up on this month lol. The cheapies continue to give me these squinter lines but they’re not getting darker at all so I think either the tests are faulty or the baby isn’t sticky. I would definitely expect to see progression after 48 hours even with cheapies. I’ll post my evening test from last night vs this mornings. I can’t tell you how many sticks I’ve peed on over the years and this has never happened so it’s been very strange! And I won’t even be able to join the September group because of my stupid long cycles Should be back in October though

Last night 8pm (4hr hold):

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Today 9am (overnight hold):

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Whoops, yes I meant my ICs always dried lighter. Sorry.

 

[Clo]

Hello, can you please add me. I'll be testing on the 25th (10dpo), AF is due on the 26th.

Sending lots of baby dust to you all xx

 

[Sander]

Welcome Clo, can’t wait to see your tests

Well I just did a morning and evening test today (I took way too many over the past 2 days lol). Anyways, I’m still getting the weird faint line that’s not doing anything. I took an ovulation test afterwards just to see and that’s getting a lot darker than it has been over the past week or so. And yes I definitely keep them far away from one another - I’ve been burned before from that

Anyhow thanks for being a sounding board guys!